CLASS 10
THE BALL POEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to bear loss
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to take care of things
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to be responsible
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to be careful
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the poet, the boy is learning about responsibility from the loss of the ball. By losing the ball, the boy has also lost all the childhood memories associated with that ball.
Detailed explanation-2: -The poet suggests that from the loss of the ball, the boy is learning how to stand up in a world of possessions where he will lose things, will buy some more to replace the ones lost, but would never be able to buy back the thing that he had lost. He is sensing his first responsibility as he has lost the ball.
Detailed explanation-3: -By ‘First responsibility’, he, means to look after his things properly.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The poet wants the boy to learn the meaning of loss.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer. Here the poet wants to say that the boy will learn the toughest lesson of life. The lesson of accepting the harsh realities of life that one day we will lose our loved ones and our loved things.